Reusing Components in a Product Structure

You can create a sequence enabling you to reuse a component in a Product structure and thus inserting a component below the object.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Bind Object Operation
Manage Components Operation

With a Resource Table

You can reuse components using the resource table option.

  1. Double-click the type you have created and click Sequence Combination to create a sequence of operations.
  2. Click Bind Object .
  3. Double click the Bind a PLMComponent.1 operation in the tree and enter ExtObj in the Relative Name field. Click OK to validate.
  4. Click Manage Components .
  5. Double click the ManagePLMComponents.1 operation in the tree. The ManagePLMComponents.1 tab opens.
    1. Check Resource Table Component.
    2. Type the name of the component or click ... to select it in the resource table table. The input of this operation can be linked to any variable of String type
    3. Click the Destination field in the Instantiation context area and click the output link of the BindObject.1 operation in the tree. Click OK to validate.

Without Resource Table

You can reuse components without using the resource table option.

  1. Click the type you have created and click Sequence Combination to create a sequence of operations.
  2. Click Bind Object .
  3. Double-click the Bind a PLMComponent.1 operation in the tree and enter ExtObj in the Relative Name field. Click OK to validate.
  4. Click Query Component .
  5. Double-click the QueryComponent.1 operation in the tree and select RepReference. Click OK to validate.
  6. Click Manage Components .
    1. Check Existing Component.
    2. Click the Unset field and click the output link of the QueryComponent.1 operation in the tree. The input of this operation can be linked to any variable of Pointer type.
    3. Click the Destination field in the Instantiation context area and click the output link of the BindObject.1 operation in the tree. Click OK to validate.